after a row home collapses and traps them inside. i can t breathe the federal trial begins for three former police officers accuse end of affirmatictn? dominated supreme court will decide whether race based admission to universities like harvard is lawful. deadly gun violence surges, multiple police officers shot and killed as homicides spike nationwide. gas price warning, why your next trip to the pump may cost even more. and making history on the high seas, as the first woman takes command of the u.s.s. constitution. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. there is a lot of news to get to on this monday night but we re going to begin with rising tensions in ukraine and the threat of a possible russian invasion growing by the minute. here in washington, president biden held a video call with european allies this afternoon to discuss a common response to r
traps them inside. i can t breathe the federal trial begins for three former police officers accused of ignoring george floyd s pleas for help. end of affirmative action, the conservative dominated supreme court will decide whether race based admissions to universities like harvard is lawful. deadly gun violence surges, multiple police officers shot and killed as homicides spike nationwide. gas price warning, why your next trip to the pump may cost even more. and making history on the high seas, as the first woman takes command of the u.s.s. constitution. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. there is a lot of news to get to on this monday night but we re going to begin with rising tesions in ukraine and the threat of a possible russian invasion growing by the minute. here in washington, president biden held a video call with european allies this afternoon to discuss a common response to russia s continued military buildup around ukraine s border. n.a.t.o
personnel to leave the country. and warning americans to avoid travel to ukraine and russia. we ll get reports from our team on the ground in both ukraine and russia. meanwhile, back here in the u.s., burnout, anxiety, and exhaustion. those are some of the feelings among nurses as hospitals grapple with the highly contagious omicron variant. also happening right now, the leader of the far-right group, the oathkeepers, will appear in a texas courtroom after facing charges for his involvement in the january 6th riot. and this morning out west, a wildfire has forced hundreds to evacuate from their homes as firefighters work around the clock to contain the blaze. and we begin this morning with a show of force by nato amid increasing tensions between russia and ukraine. the military alliance says the u.s. and other members are putting forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter jets to eastern europe to bolster defenses and deter russian president vladimir p
good evening. are welcome to bbc news. a senior conservative mp says the uk must do more to support ukraine as russian troops mass along its border. tobias ellwood, who chairs the commons defence committee, says he thinks an invasion could now be imminent and that president putin is taking full advantage of a weakened west . russia has denied it s planning an invasion. but the us has delivered 90 tonnes of what it calls lethal aid to ukraine, the first shipment since a fresh promise of assistance from president biden. james waterhouse reports now from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the friendship of nations arch, built by the soviets to celebrate the closeness between russians and ukrainians. that crack was painted on by activists in a few on by activists a few years ago as relations between the two countries deteriorated. and as talks intensify about a possible invasion, the hope is things don t break down completely. tensions are still rising on the border. today russian